tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373768822024-03-13T13:33:32.106-07:00The AlexandersChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.comBlogger499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-9522547667299368142013-10-11T15:14:00.000-07:002013-10-11T15:14:01.471-07:00Instagram = the new blog
I have a friend who is the most faithful and fantastic blogger. Even though she posts adorable updates of her babies on Instagram, she still manages to journal her family's goings-on through her blog. I admire it and I'm going to take a cue - the cheater's cue, but still, one is taken nonetheless.
This is from late September. Her outfit was perfect to usher in the fall coolness. And it was Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-60072266094367415822013-09-22T13:03:00.002-07:002013-09-22T13:03:24.003-07:00Elliot's Nursery
(This post was originally written a year ago but never finished nor published until now. ha!)
Well, we started the nursery projects in March and many props go to my mom, yet again, for finishing it up while I was learning how to be a mom with a tiny little newborn.
Let's revisit our list, shall we?
Dots on the walls in the nursery closet
Painting the dresser/mirror
Painting the tv stand (a Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-38097663669986291362013-09-21T20:57:00.000-07:002013-09-21T21:24:26.523-07:00In Which I Pretended to Be a Caterer
A few years ago we moved to Kansas and left our old and decrepit tax accountant back in Utah. We sent him our documents for taxes for the first year we moved here and never heard from him again. We're pretty sure he died. With our tax documents. He's probably buried with them, who knows.
Flash forward a bit and we found some friends who introduced us to a new tax guy. He's fantastic and Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-57382705110759494802013-09-20T21:13:00.000-07:002013-09-20T21:21:14.073-07:00TomorrowIt always seems like tomorrow has the promise of greatness.
"Tomorrow I'll paint the rest of the trim downstairs."
"Tomorrow I'll do all the dishes, mop the floor, and maybe start on the dresser that's in the garage!"
"Tomorrow I'll start eating better. This cookie needs to be gone by then. *chomp* For sure, tomorrow."
But you know what the beauty of that is? There's always going to be Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-42290393368541691142013-01-20T19:12:00.000-08:002013-01-20T19:12:06.173-08:00Well, It's Been Awhile.
You know when it's been a long time since you've {gone to the gym/gotten a haircut/updated your blog/spoken to your grandparents} and the build up and thought of just finally biting the bullet and accomplishing said task makes you want to crawl under the covers for the third day in a row? That's where I got myself.
Somewhere along the line I feel like I lost my voice. If you scan Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-38851971724097647652012-06-02T23:05:00.000-07:002012-09-11T09:18:16.482-07:00Elliot Marie Alexander
We are so excited to announce the birth of our little honeybear: Elliot Marie Alexander.
Words can't describe the feelings and excitement and complete joy we felt when Elliot was born, but I'll still try.
At our last appointment, on May 22nd, we had a sonogram to check the amniotic fluid levels and development. The ultrasound tech couldn't get a consistent 30-second interval of the baby Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-60882553593058562562012-05-25T13:49:00.000-07:002012-06-07T13:56:07.105-07:00Bumpdate - Weeks 40 and 41!
Well, I made it to my due date. I've been furiously working on the nursery in my spare time and decided to call-in-pregnant to work on Friday the 18th. {Thank you, PRA, for 4 weeks of annual leave.} My maternity leave officially started on my due date, May 21st, which came and went without a baby in sight.
At my OB appointment on Tuesday, I was dilated to a 3 {hooray!} but still only 50Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-11204880061610502442012-04-27T18:31:00.000-07:002012-04-28T04:27:47.085-07:00Bumpdate - Almost 37 Weeks!
I can hardly believe this baby is almost here! And just in time...I'm just now getting uncomfortably pregnant. The complaints of other moms of swollen feet and sleepless nights eluded me until about 35 1/2 weeks when I started not sleeping well. Not only can I not get to sleep easily, but I can't stay asleep. It's a total energy drain!
{at 36 weeks}
BUT - I really shouldn't complain. I'veChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-61264771393379516262012-04-05T20:34:00.006-07:002012-04-06T21:54:17.307-07:00Rounding Out and Projects a'PlentySaturday at work = no makeup and bedhead.Have I mentioned that my mom was here for 3 weeks? She was. She left yesterday morning. After a tearful good-bye, she drove off in one direction and I drove off in the other (heading to work) and then I remembered she'll be back in 6-7 weeks. Hooray!33 weeksShe was a busy little worker-bee while she was here.I have a LONG to-do list still, but here are a Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-87543118365939273562012-03-23T10:53:00.002-07:002012-03-23T11:35:14.484-07:00Alive and Kickin'Kind of quiet here lately, huh?My mom is in town {my dad's flying in tonight} and we've she's been working away all week on painting the nursery/guestroom, hanging curtains {I threw a 5-yr-old sized tantrum - it wasn't pretty. Long story short, it was really frustrating and should not have been that difficult}, priming the rocking chair, dresser/changing table, and next we're going to make some Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-76775885997654486252012-02-29T13:31:00.004-08:002012-02-29T14:14:38.033-08:00Bumpdate - 28 Weeks{another awesomely flattering picture in my office's bathroom}I'm feeling great. I've been exhausted lately, though, which I read is probably a result of the anemia I was just diagnosed with, so it looks like it's iron supplements from here on out. I hate taking pills but it's a whole lot less expensive than steak dinners every night! I'm just glad my glucose levels came back all normal. Can you Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-80461778615251194872012-02-03T20:21:00.001-08:002012-02-03T21:08:14.518-08:00Building a NurseryExciting Friday night here at the Alexander house.We dined on a delicious dinner of pulled pork sammiches (a la Biemer's BBQ) and onion rings, washed down with coke/diet coke for mr. and me (respectively), and I rejected the suggested movie and alternately suggested going to the theater to buy popcorn and come home and watch something we have in our colección--which is large--but that was also Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-51657110820922798202012-01-26T20:33:00.000-08:002012-01-26T21:40:57.888-08:00BumpdateI've been exhausted lately!Why did no one tell me this baby-growing business was so tiring? Oh, wait...I'm pretty sure EVERYone has said it at one point or another.I'm now almost 24 weeks (!) and I've popped!Here's a picture of the lil peanut, taken about a week and a half ago.And here's a picture of me at 21 weeksAnd again at 23 weeksIsn't it amazing what 2 weeks does?Also, please pardon the gayChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-29963122138893577662012-01-05T06:53:00.000-08:002012-01-09T08:26:53.557-08:00A Quick Favor {and a Sweet Reward}**Thanks for voting, everyone! Comment #3 is the winner!** Also, it's not too late to vote! It's open until the 11th.Two of my old roommates have a photography business together. Their work is really impressive and I wish they were around when I got married!BUT, I have a chance to win a free photo shoot from them through their beYOUtiful Campaign. I am one of the 15 finalists.What is beYOUtiful?Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-87262817139266105292012-01-01T08:09:00.000-08:002012-01-01T17:42:40.029-08:00Vanilla - Out and AboutDid I tell you my friend Laura designed the vanilla labels for me?She did such an awesome job. I tweaked them a little because I fell in love with a shape that was/is exclusive to Silhouette, but the design is ALL her!While at Spark I met April Atwater, an amazing woman, a strong leader, and a creative giant!She's working on her own magazine, Simply the Sweet Life. This is her second year and it Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-37311240946920427722011-10-31T18:10:00.000-07:002011-12-31T09:46:45.610-08:00Spark the Event - October 2011From what I saw from years past and the previews we were shown through the website, I thought I had an idea of what to expect from Spark.I had no idea.What I ended up with was a new desire to learn, to stretch, to create, and of course, to make things pretty!Two days filled with 200 other women all with the same desire to share their lives and talents and make new friends was AMAZING.I really Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-80379804460244356252011-10-30T17:07:00.000-07:002011-10-30T17:25:18.854-07:00Unconditionally, Head-Over-Heels, in LoveI have a post about Spark the Event coming but until then, I just wanted to share my and Ryan's happy news:We're having a baby!After 4.5 long years of trying, our little miracle is on its way.I'm due in May, which means I'm almost out of the first trimester. I really had planned on waiting to say anything until I was 13-or-so weeks, but I'm just so excited that my big mouth can't be shut {or Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-14543699067363789242011-08-28T20:12:00.000-07:002011-08-28T20:47:53.338-07:00No Longer a HausFrauI started a job last Monday and it's been sucking all of my brain-power and energy by 6pm. But not enough to actually fall asleep, only to lay in bed and toss and turn from 11pm until 6am. It's such a huge adjustment and I can't even imagine how long it's going to take me to retrain myself to go to bed early to get up early. Maybe a month? Please?
So, Friday night I saw a posting for a yard Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-45153040806799851002011-08-24T19:15:00.000-07:002011-08-24T20:11:20.416-07:00What's the Happs?I've joined the 21st Century and gotten a phone that can take decent pictures. This is what I've been filling it up with and chronicling my travels with.
We found this coffee table on craigslist in the FREE section! Score, huh?!
This isn't new, but it's so cute. I don't have much room for it but I'm not willing to just get rid of it. I'll eventually have the need. Eventually...sigh.
From a Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-43394181674760369842011-08-22T19:09:00.000-07:002011-08-22T19:31:10.534-07:00Spark Artisan MarketI've started preparations for Spark this year. Only two months away (from yesterday!) and I'll be selling Vanilla Extract, Baked Goods to make your mouth water, Headbands, and Vintage Quilts & Quilt Kits. Among other things. My shop is Vintage Kitchen.
This year they are opening up the Artisan Market to the public. If you're not coming to Spark but want to shop all the fabulous vendors, AND Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-23108054347466857142011-08-15T16:23:00.000-07:002011-08-22T19:09:04.664-07:00One Long SummerI tell you, I've traveled more this summer than any other time. For reals.
It started off with 5 weeks in Utah for Becka's wedding and the subsequent births of little Claire and Abigail.
James and his lil girl
me with Claire - one day oldClaire in her blessing gown
Abigail Elizabeth
Abigail after open heart surgery
Thunder and I made the long drive home by ourselves because Ryan had to get back Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-13167028158927497602011-07-10T15:41:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:58:06.296-07:00Yard Sale in July = HOTI know what I was thinking. I walked in my house after 5 weeks away and wanted to walk right back out. I have created a Monster House!Immediately I thought, "this has got to go." YARDSALE!What I didn't account for was the following list:cleaning and sortingpricingset uptake downand worst of all, the HEAT and HUMIDITY of July.It wasn't as awful as today {the high is 100F} but it was pretty Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-42090889920411251232011-06-27T20:47:00.000-07:002011-06-28T18:22:45.120-07:00Old + New + Borrowed + Blue Bridal ShowerFor the bride, a special mock-birdcage veil to wear for the night.Made by yours truly. I think I need to make one for me. I loved throwing this shower.I had these grand plans of using big white flowers in painted mason jars but when I went to buy/find jars from the thrift store they were almost as expensive as brand new canning jars. I placed them in my cart, all the while looking for an Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-90176390639673313252011-06-10T21:40:00.000-07:002011-06-10T21:47:17.370-07:00A Bridal Shower for BeckaI need to edit all the pictures but here's the first one and I can't wait to share more.Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the table sans guests but you can see how it was set in this one!I'm so happy with how it turned out.Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37376882.post-30657466625342912992011-06-06T15:22:00.001-07:002011-06-15T22:20:52.596-07:00Old + New + Borrowed + Blue Bridal Shower InvitesI stole the theme idea from my blogging friend Laura! Go check out the cute shower she threw last month!One of my bff's is getting married on Saturday in Utah. Huzzah, Becka!I'm putting together a great girls' night/bridal shower for her TWO short days before her wedding. Talk about last minute, right? Right. It's going to be great seeing all the fun girls she's friends with and some friends I Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14203596033617838623noreply@blogger.com5